happy old days

Chapter 38

In the kitchen, Jinniang on the south wall purposely made a whole cabinet. There is a row of cabinets on the top and a row of cabinets on the bottom with half a meter of space in between. You can also hang some tableware on the wall. This place is similar to modern ones.There are two small stoves connected to the north side of the window, and a large stove across the door. On the north wall of the stove is a row of cabinets. There is a large rolling table in the middle of the south wall and the north wall. There is also a large table under the table. There are two cabinet drawers, the table is very large, 1.5 meters wide and [-] meters long, and the entrance to the cellar is just below it.The table can be moved freely when needed.There is a small door on the north side of the east window, which can directly lead to the east courtyard. The south window is a cabinet, but it has a special function. The north half is like a washbasin. The mouth is connected to a copper pipe, which leads directly to the water leak outside, except that there is no running water. It is very similar to a modern sink, except that the porcelain vat is actually a large flowerpot, and the leak below is specially hired to expand it a little bit. The right size is not easy to make. The side of the short porcelain jar looks like a cabinet, but in fact the top can be lifted, and inside is a slightly smaller water jar. The place is already very convenient.

After everything was installed according to Jinniang's request, Yang Zhenhai wandered around the kitchen for a few times, nodding constantly, feeling that the kitchen is really comfortable after tidying up, not messy at all, and clean.

Father Yang has already decided on the date of the move. He hasn’t invited the new house since it was built. This time, we invited them together. People from this village, from other villages, relatives and friends, no matter how close you are, you have to set up seven or eight tables. Close, if you don't invite me, it will be hard for me. Thanks to the clear weather now, the banquet is directly placed in the east courtyard without entering the house. The east courtyard is paved with bluestone, and the table is just right.

Things have already been moved there one after another. Yang Zhenhai suddenly remembered something the first morning, and took a large jar that was cracked at home and was no longer going to be used to the new house. Jin Niang packed the last few more precious jewelry and sent them to the new house The new house, put it in a safer place. After searching around the house for several times, I saw what he was doing in the southwest corner of the vegetable garden.

"What is this for?" Jinniang watched as Yang Zhenhai dug a big hole in the ground and put the broken vat in it.

"Get a latrine." Yang Zhenhai filled up the soil on the side of the tank, and put two stone slabs on it.Leave a gap in the middle.

Jinniang felt a little dark when she heard it, isn't this just a simple hut?It used to be like this in their rural areas. "It's useless, isn't it?"

"Why don't you need it? If you come to eat tomorrow, you can come here if you want to go to the toilet. You can lock the toilet door in the west wing of our house, so no one can enter."

When Jinniang heard it, she felt the same way, and her new home was dirty before she lived in it. "There are still a lot of bricks left in the house, so you should just build a good one. The floor should also be paved, so it can be easily painted."

"Well, don't worry, the fertilizer here is just for use in the garden."

Well, no waste at all.

As a result, the old man saw it and asked Yang Zhenhai to build another one on the west side of his house. He was used to being outside before, but it was still uncomfortable to enter the house.Yang Zhenhai's craftsmanship is also good. Not only did he use blue bricks, but he also added a roof, just like a small house, with some materials left over to build the house.The inside is paved with large stone slabs.Not afraid of falling.In fact, if it wasn't good to build it on the side of the main house, Jin Niang would also like to get one, but as long as she is not in a hurry, she will go there.Saved a lot of trouble.

This hut is easy to build, and the materials are all ready-made. It was built in the afternoon. Yang Zhenhai went back to the house and sent some furniture from the main room and the east wing to the west wing, then locked the door, and ran to his uncle's house to pick it up. Some old tables, chairs and benches, Jin Niang looked strangely empty in the room.

When the auspicious time came early the next morning, they started to move. In fact, there was nothing left, only the large piece of furniture brought by Jinniang as a dowry, and the most important thing was a large, two small and three pots.

Early this day, Mrs. Chen's father, Mrs. Wang, and Mrs. Jin's two elder brothers came over. It was the first time Mrs. Wang saw the house built by Mrs. Jin's family. If they don't open people, Mrs. Wang hasn't come here for a while, and now she is so happy to see the new house from ear to ear.Holding my daughter's hand and looking from room to room, most of the houses are empty and unusable, just the main room where Jinniang and Yang Zhenhai live, the place where the old man lives, and the kitchen in the east wing room are open, and the furniture in other places has not been finished yet. Woolen cloth.

"It's really good. I think it will be enough to marry a few daughters-in-law in the future." Wang tsk praised.

Jinniang bit her lip, feeling how her mother looked like Yang Zhenhai.

Seeing that the girl's face was blushing, Mrs. Wang said, "Don't be shy, you two have moved to a new house now, and it's not long before you reach Jiji, and it's okay to consummate the house."

There are not many days, at least one more year.

When it comes to moving house for a treat, Jinniang is very happy to come over with Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Chen, but those seven aunts and eight aunts, who even Yang Zhenhai can’t recognize all of them, are all here. It would not be rude for San Auntie to help Zhang Luo, but after this time, Jinniang thought that she would definitely not invite so many people in the future.

Just tidying up the house is enough for her to choke. Fortunately, Jin Niang thought well at the beginning, and opened the East Wing Room as a daily living room. The women who came yesterday were brought from here. Even if the elders arrived, they only brought them to the main room. Without stopping for a while, the men entertained in the main room of the east courtyard. There was no furniture there, and the tables, chairs and benches were borrowed from other people's homes. Thanks to this, it was easier to tidy up.

Jinniang had some experience. Yang Zhenhai put away the furniture the night before, and all the mushrooms, peppers, and pickles that Jinniang dried were sent to the cellar below. Mother still doesn't understand what's going on, good guy, Yang Zhenhai's aunts are really top-notch, the second aunt took away the eggs left over from the hospitality, the third aunt took a dozen bowls, and the fourth aunt took two The three of them also took away a big wooden basin and the leftover dishes for the guests. They also said that they would not associate with them since his mother left, and that they did not recognize their relatives anymore. People, watching my uncle starving, etc., anyway, if you don’t give it, it’s unfilial, and the guests who come still don’t leave. In order not to make people laugh, just let them go.If San Aunt and Wang hadn't watched closely, maybe the moving gift and Jin Niang's dowry from the main house would have gone by the way.

Everyone seems to be very used to this kind of thing, and their defenses are stricter. Even Father Yang would cry for poverty, and told Yang Zhenhai's uncles that his son had filled in all his money for this house, and the family could hardly make up the autumn tax. What's the matter, and how much foreign debts he borrowed? Yang Zhenhai was even more cunning and fooled people with a few words.She felt that she should learn more,
She also confirmed several relatives of Yang Zhenhai's overseas family. She also knew that Yang Zhenhai's mother had several brothers. He also had four uncles who were poorer than the other. Auntie, the three women in his natal family are very hardworking and well married. His mother’s marriage may be regarded as a bad one, but there are few things that don’t go well with his father. My aunt married a businessman. Although her status is not high, she can’t stand it The family is rich, and now the business has gone to the capital. They have both children and live a good life. My aunt was originally a scholar when she married to the south, but she was admitted to Juren.

But Yang Zhenhai's four uncles are poorer than the other. It's not that Father Yang doesn't help them, but they are unwilling to do it. One is lazy than the other. In addition, several aunts are not fuel-efficient. Gradually, Mrs. Yang Zhenhai is no longer around. Leave them alone, after Yang Zhenhai's mother passed away, they would come here from time to time to fight the autumn wind, because the two powerful daughter-in-laws in the family didn't do much, but when Yang Zhenhai came back later, his fierce appearance was really scary, so he didn't come here often. He just came over for a wedding.

Jinniang frowned when she found out, "What if they come again?" Seeing how Yang Zhenhai hid his things, his uncles must have thick skins, and they can't take their furniture away no matter what.

Yang Zhenhai smiled, "It's okay, my uncle's house is far away, and they are afraid of being tired once they come here. Besides, they dare not come if it is not such a happy day." When he first came back, he met some uncles who asked his father to borrow money. It's not borrowing money, it's just robbery, huh, he couldn't see it, he drove them out with a cold face, he was not polite at all, he was frightened by a few people, and they didn't dare to come casually even if it was not a festive day.

"You can keep your eyes open in the future. Your father-in-law and Yang Zhenhai are very kind to you, but his relatives are not easy to deal with. If it weren't for me and your third aunt who watched yesterday, that aunt Yang Zhenhai almost didn't treat you in the east. The embroidered screen on the screen was picked off." Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Chen didn't go back yesterday, but today they helped Jinniang tidy up the house.

"What else? I asked Zhenhai yesterday, and his uncles don't have much contact with each other. They shouldn't be able to come here in the future."

Mrs. Wang stretched out her finger and pointed Jinniang's forehead, "You say you are so stupid, why are you so stupid, why can't you come? I was scared before, so why should I be afraid after a long time? Why are they all elders of Yang Zhenhai?" .”

Jin Niang smiled, "Mother, don't worry, I know, I will be careful."

Mrs. Wang gave her a blank look, "I think you are a big-hearted person, you don't think too much about anything, you can be more careful in the future, they are lucky to say that they are far away, and Yang Zhenhai is shocked, so you can't go too far. You better be careful, sister-in-law, one is harder to deal with than the other. Last night I sent someone away, and I came to see the third child’s house. I don’t know what to look at when I open this cabinet door. She is not a good one. Look at you. Fang, she doesn't show any face, she just wants something good in you, if you don't take advantage of that guy, you have to be tougher."

"I know mother." In fact, she is not really stupid, it's just that she doesn't care about many things at all, and she doesn't care about things that others care about.But now she feels that she can't do that, otherwise people will think you are really easy to bully, just like the sour bamboo shoots, the two families fought fiercely, but no one said anything to her or they took it for granted Bar.

With the help of Mrs. Wang, Jinniang quickly got the house ready. The furniture was put in place, where the curtains and cushions should be put, and everything in the kitchen was put away. The sauce is also good, Jinniang's sauce is delicious for the first time.

"Mom, I'll make a jar for you and take it home."

"Zhong, you played really well. I will follow your method next year." Wang said with a smile.

"It's very easy. But not everyone can eat this taste. When it was ready, I sent some to the third uncle's family, and I told them to eat it again, but they didn't come. I guess they don't like it. .” Jin Niang took the jar and put it in for Wang Shi.

"Seeing you like this now, I'm really relieved. It's really a comeback." Wang's eyes were full of relief.

Jinniang smiled and said nothing.She is not the former Zhiqing nor the former Jinniang, but now Jinniang with two souls fused together.She carries the lives of two people, so she must be happy.

(End of this chapter)